Description:
The Battle of Kurikaradani in 1183: Yoshinaka kills the Taira commander
Tomonori, while Kagekiyo fells three of the oxen with burning brushwood
attached to their horns by which the Taira were thrown into a panic

Publisher:
Yamaguchi-ya T˘bei

Date: Ox
6, July 1853

Robinson:
T300

Title: Tsuzoku Sangokushi no uchi (通俗三国志之内, Popular History of the Three Kingdoms)

Subtitle: Hakumonro ni S˘s˘ Ryofu wo kiru no zu

Description:
The captives Ryofu, K˘jun and Chinkyű brought before Gentoku (top right,
future Chinese Emperor Chao Lieh) and S˘s˘ (second from top right, the king
of Gi).á This is a scene from the Chinese
historical novel ĹTsuzoku Sangokushiĺ (The Rise and Fall of Three Kingdoms,
220-280 CE).

Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichiz˘

Date: Ox
8, September 1853

Robinson:
T301

NOTE: This
triptych is part of the Tsűzoku
Sangokushi no uchi (Popular History of the Three Kingdoms) series.

Title: Tsuzoku Sangokushi no uchi (通俗三国志之内, Popular History of the Three Kingdoms)

Subtitle: Ryofu wo ou to shite T˘taku niwa (呂布追董卓庭与轄)

Description:
Ryofu flees (left) as the gross T˘taku falls backwards and Riju hastens to
his aid with Lady Ch˘sen watching from a balcony (right)

Publisher:
Tsuta-ya Kichiz˘

Date: Ox
8, September 1853

Robinson:
T302

NOTE: This
triptych is part of the Tsűzoku
Sangokushi no uchi (Popular History of the Three Kingdoms) series.

Title: Hokkoku ˘-kassen (The Battle of
Kurikaradani, 北國大合戦)

Description:
The Battle of Kurikaradani in 1183: Yoshinaka struggling with Tomonori, while
Unno Kotar˘ has just knocked a man and his horse over a cliff

Description:
The Soga brothers about to strike down Kud˘ Suketsune in his tent by a
smoking brazier on June 28,
1193

Publisher:
Maru-ya Jimpachi

Date: Ox
9, October 1853

Robinson:
T304

I am grateful to Ward
Pieters for locating this image.

Title: ďeyama fukuju shusei

Description:
Raik˘ and his men entertaining the Shuten-d˘ji and his demons with sake and dancing

Publisher:
Ki-ya S˘jir˘

Date: Ox
10, November 1853

Robinson:
T305

Title: Tsűzoku Sangokushi no uchi: Bach˘ ˘i ni
sui-ky˘ ni tatakau (A Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms: One Scene
about the Battle between Ma Chao and Cao Cao at bridge of Wei River, 通俗三国志之内馬超大戦渭水橋曹操髭切敗走)